Starter quiz
- When writing a comparative response, you should aim to...
- explore the differences in the texts.
- explore the similarites in the texts.
- explore both similarities and differences in the text. ✓
- focus only on one text.
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- In her 'Letter to the Dreamers', Serena Williams uses a first person perspective. Which quote is an example of this?
- "We must continue to dream big." ✓
- "When I was growing up, I had a dream." ✓
- "To all incredible women who strive for excellence."
- "[w]omen have to break down many barriers on the road to success."
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- In her speech 'Freedom or Death', Emmeline Pankhurst uses direct address. Which one of these quotes is an example of this?
- "It is about eight years since the word militant was first"
- "I am here as a soldier who has temporarily left the field of battle"
- "No man was ever put out of a public meeting for asking a question"
- "You have to make more noise than anybody else" ✓
- ''That is the whole history of politics.''
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- “We were called militant, and we were quite willing to accept the name”, is an example of …
- first person ✓
- direct address
- collective pronouns ✓
- metaphor
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- Comparative conjunctions can be used to make comparisons clear. Which one of these is not a comparative conjunction.
- However
- Either ✓
- Similarly
- Equally
- Whereas
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- Conjunctions can be used to make close comparisons. ______ conjunctions come in pairs.
- 'Correlative' ✓
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